Lutz Lab

Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington

 

Paper-based point-of-care diagnostics for low-resource settings

THUMBNAILS - paper diagnostics.jpg

Page is in progress - for now, just a list of our papers in this area, and encouragement to check out Microfluidics 2.0 website (www.mf20.org).

 

References:

·        Lutz, Liang, Fu, Ramachandran, Kauffman, & Yager. “Dissolvable fluidic time delays for programming multi-step assays in instrument-free paper diagnostics,” Lab on a Chip (2013), DOI: 10.1039/c3lc50178g.

o   See commentary in ”Microfluidic sugar paper,” Chemistry World, May 30, 2013.

o   See the Viewpoint article by George Whitesides highlighting our paper, Lab on a Chip (2013), DOI: 10.1039/c3lc90066e.

·        Dharmaraja, Lafleur, Byrnes, Kauffman, Buser, Toley, Fu, Yager, & Lutz. "Programming paper networks for point of care diagnostics," Proceedings of SPIE, 8615, Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems XI, 86150X (2013); DOI: 10.1117/12.2006138.

·        Lafleur, Stevens, McKenzie, Ramachandran, Spicar-Mihalic, Singhal, Arjyal, Osborn, Kauffman, Yager, Lutz. “Progress toward multiplexed sample-to-result detection in low resource settings using microfluidic immunoassay cards,” Lab on a Chip (2012) DOI: .

·        Lutz, Trinh, Ball, Fu, Yager. “Two-dimensional paper networks: programmable fluidic disconnects for multi-step processes in shaped paper,” Lab on a Chip (2011) DOI: c1LC20758j.

·        Osborn, J., Lutz, B., Fu, E., Kauffman, P., Stevens, D., Yager, P. “Microfluidics without pumps: reinventing the T-sensor and H-filter in paper networks,” Lab on a Chip, (2010) DOI: c004821f. Cover image.

·        Fu, E., Lutz, B., Kauffman, P., and Yager, P. “Controlled reagent transport in disposable 2D paper networks” Lab on a Chip (2010) DOI: 10.1039/b919614e.

·        Fu, E., Kauffman, P., Lutz, B., and Yager, P. “Chemical signal amplification in two-dimensional paper networks,” Sensors & Actuators B (2010) 149, 325–328.

·        Kauffman, P., Fu, E., Lutz, B., and Yager, P. “Visualization and measurement of flow in two-dimensional paper networks,” Lab on a Chip (2010) DOI: 10.1039/c004766j.

 

Sponsors:

NIH NIAID, NIH NIBIB, DARPA DSO